Minister of Education Sonia Parag will soon commence scheduled meetings with Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) as part of plans to foster stronger ties and ultimately, improve schools. Parag, in a video shared on her Facebook page, said those scheduled engagements are expected to enable direct information sharing. That easy flow of information, she said, could...

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Prime Minister Mark Phillips has defended the government’s development agenda, saying the administration has a clear mandate to transform lives and will continue to pursue its programmes while keeping the public fully informed at every stage. Speaking on the ‘Starting Point’ podcast, the Prime Minister said while citizens have an unquestionable right to speak freely...

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Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has ordered the placement of barriers along sections of the Ogle to Eccles highway to prevent developers from creating dangerous 90-degree entry points onto the highway, warning that failure to act could result in loss of life. Addressing the issue on Monday, Edghill raised concern about what he described...

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Kaieteur News – The President of Guyana is right to be concerned about the high cost of internal air travel. For many Guyanese, domestic flights are not a luxury. They are a necessity. People in hinterland communities depend on aircraft for access to health care, education, work, and basic services. When airfares are high, ordinary […]

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Kaieteur News – The Opposition laments that there has been no consultation from the PPP Government on the 2026 national budget.  When has the government done so?  Surely, the opposition, be it Mr. Aubrey Norton or Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, couldn’t be so optimistic that they harbor such expectations.  The sound coming out of the ground […]

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…admits Coalition failed to do homework on company …says Exxon took advantage of Venezuela border controversy, knowledge of failing sectors By Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – Guyana was taken advantage of during the negotiation of the 2016 Petroleum Sharing Agreement (PSA) with American oil major, ExxonMobil. This is according to the finance minister at the time, […]

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GEORGETOWN residents are being “held hostage to poor politics” as the Mayor and councillors aligned to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) backed out of a scheduled engagement aimed at charting a way forward on the city’s worsening solid waste disposal challenges, according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Priya Manickchand. In a […]

COME Monday, January 26, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, is set to present the National Budget for 2026. The presentation will be the first budget delivered by the current administration since its re-election to office in September 2025, positioning Budget 2026 as a key statement […]

–President Ali says, maintains push for strengthening regulatory, monitoring capabilities -announces imminent roll out of E-Wallets, national payment system PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to a far-reaching transformation of Guyana’s financial sector, signalling a decisive shift from outdated banking practices towards a modern, technology-driven system.   Speaking at the launch of […]